anime comments!

Oh well while i'm in the midst of finding pictures as a background image here..might as well throw in some thoughts on the current anime i'm watching

Tears to Tiara:
A RPG-ish anime, with its roots coming from a PC game of the same name. I remembered watch episode 1 and thought it was a very serious-tone anime, but when episode two was aired..the tone of the anime was totally changed! The general plot of the show is that a rebellious clan is going against the empire, and a war is inevitable due to this. Of course it's not as shallow as it sounds..but i want to finish the show before writing a full summary of the show!

K-On!:
Oh man i think this is one of the best comedy anime's i have watched! The show revolves around 4 girls who come together to form a Light Music Club in their school. The music is good, the jokes are good, the pace is good..the show is just good! It's a must watch!

Hayate no Gotoku! S2:
The same characters and cast return from S1, with some new characters, the cat (Shiranui) and more reference to the manga. The artwork seem a bit different though..and i'm a little bit confused with the timeline of this season relative to S1..is there someone out there that can enlighten me on this? =x

2 more shows finished

just finished watching kannagi and akane-iro ni somaru saka (akasaka)..allow me to summarise them individually (might contain spoilers!)

kannagi is about this guy, Jin, who meets this lady while he was younger (im not sure if he regarded her as a shrine maiden or a goddess at that time). in the present time frame, he's a student in his school's art club, and when his friend gave him a piece of sacred wood, he decided to carve out the lady he saw..who later came alive and started entering his life. the whole show started off as a light-hearted comedy. i felt that the pace of the show was just right..and with all the parodies, jabs and puns..the show still maintains its hmm..cheerfulness..even after taking on a more serious tone when the show progressed. the ending was a bit ambiguous though (in the sense between Nagi and Jin)..but i felt that it was quite cruel towards tsugumi..who was supporting Jin all the while but yet had to endure such a painful ending (watch the show to know more..im lazy to spoil/type)..let's hope there will be a season 2 for this sometime in the future

akasaka is a typical harem romance comedy show, depicting the love life of the protagonist, junichi. the whole show started with yuuhi getting picked up by some gangsters, and junichi coming in to save her..this started the initial chemistry between the 2 of them..but when yuuhi offered to thank him..he just walked away acting cool and stuff..until he reached home and felt like an idiot for not even asking for her name (hahaha i think this case is very applicable to real life situations)..the next day..yuuhi was transferred from another school into junichi's school..and erh..coincidentally (if not there won't be any story) into junichi's class..they were then able to introduce themselves to each other properly..but..as with most shows of this genre..the 2nd day..junichi did something stupid which caused yuuhi to have a murderous intent towards him..that night..yuuhi came to his house..and it happened that actually both their fathers have agreed to let them wed! so subsequently we see the development of all the female cast related in junichi..and how they, in one way or another, fell for him. the ending wasn't what i really expected though..and there were some unanswered questions regarding minato's background..but nevertheless..it was a nice show! esp. when ren-ren acting all jealous..hahaha

ef - a tale of melodies

just finished watching the last episode of the series..which actually connected the events in [a tales of memories] with those in [a tale of melodies]..writing a finale for the whole series

i heard of quite a number of people that did not like this series..but personally i felt that the story was well written - it shows how fragile we are, how our past affects and changes our personalities and make us who we are now, the unpredictability of life, and also, how small the world really is. i felt that how the story was very smartly portrayed, albeit a bit artistic at times - there were many occasions metaphors were used, and scenes with distorted colors (eg monochrome scenes) that helped in emphasizing the emotions the characters were going through. as a lot of time was spent in the development of the characters' backgrounds, the characters felt very real and rich, and a connection with their current personalities and their past is clearly present.

overall the second season had a more serious tone than the first season, but nevertheless both seasons were very realistic (except for Yuuko, who is an angel). surely a nice break from the typical harem romance comedy shows that are all over the place.

Pictures Pictures!!

Oh man so proud of myself..i finally completed my task of putting in all the new figurines!

Let's start with a photo taken of each row of my display cabinet, from top to 4th row. (the last row were all my manga..was a bit lazy to lie down to take)

Now for some up-close shots of the new stuff..as my cupboard is SEVERELY cramped..there may be signs of other figurines when i try to do a close-up..just bear with it

Vocaloid Characters, Nendoroid Style

Nendoroid Shana

Figma Fate and Nanoha

Lucky Star Kagami and Tsukasa with Base Plate, Limited Edition!! I can't bear to open it!

HGIF Lucky Star Part 2 and Lucky Star Figure Meister (I only just realised the normal konata got cut in the pic..argh..)

Zoomed-in HGIF Kagami

Toaru Majutsu no Index's Mikoto

Toaru Majutsu no Index's Mikoto, Another Angle

Fate/Zero Saber by Max Factory, with a glimpse of Miku's hair..hahaha

Vocaloid's Hatsune Miku by GSC

Zero no Tsukaima's Louise, Sweet White Version by Kotobukiya

Now for some more misc stuffs..

Fate/Tiger Colosseum Upper All Cast T-Shirt by Cospa

My new Razor V1.6 ProClick Mouse, lying happily on my Everglide Optical

Ok i guess that's about it!

delayed post

been too tired lately to post anything..so anyway here goes..

spent my hari raya/children's day studying for physics test..which i think i still died in the end..damn paper..felt that there was not enough time and also..i had no space to scribble my workings! argh..

got back my biochem paper..quite glad with it..at least shows me that my brain has not completely gone mouldy..but the next biochem paper looks scary..seems very content heavy..sigh..

brought kenneth to organic chem lecture on friday as he wanted to sight see..then met up with weida and brought them to the clementi bookstore to buy their books for their university studies..went for dinner together with alex and co at night..man think i can no longer whack buffets..i seem to have quite small instantaneous appetite now..

unproductive weekend..spent my saturday sleeping..then sunday brought my cousin out to get something..apparently the shop ran out of stock..so can be considered a wasted trip..met up with my relatives after that for dinner..which concludes the weekend..

attended matlab on monday..and gosh it's really sian to find out that you in fact have no idea what you are typing into the program..went to KLP to collect my new lucky star swings from latendo after school with jamie..we ended up buying one extra set to split so that we can display the complete set and use the split set

wasn't feeling well on tuesday..ended up skipping biochem lecture to get more sleep..only went for maths lecture..after that went to JP to have dinner with jamie and wp..and went back hall to nap before reading up for the maths quiz the next day..

crashed wp's chem lab after maths tutorial..then suddenly felt very thankful for the training i received in poly..apparently i realised that most of the students there did not have proper skills to carry out the experiment..like bad weighing methods..improper titration methods..etc etc..i saw that the lab supervisor had to correct many of them..

had a long thursday tho..morning was physics..the 1st half of it was alright..mentioning about specific heat capacities and temperature calculations..the 2nd half..when thermodynamics began..start to turn into a mathematical equation nightmare..crashed organic chem, modern chem, then solid states lectures after that..and finally attending my own biochem lecture..the 3hours bombardment of proteins, amino acids and peptides since wednesday was uber heavy..need some time to absorb them

overslept this morning..woke up at 12+..nearing 1pm..printed my notes and left for school..continued to get bombarded with new equations in thermo-d..after that met kenneth and weida for dinner, movie, lan then supper..ahh..spent quite a bit today..

ok now life stories aside..the new season of shows had begun..watching quite a few of them now..namely clannad2, shikabane hime, toradora, akasaka, toaru majutsu no index, kannagi, ef - a tale of melodies, kyou no go no ni, tales of the abyss

hmm ok..now that's quite a bit..but mainly most of them are comedy-themed shows..with only 2 having a more serious tone to them